Death Cloud: Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins

On summer break from school, a young Sherlock Holmes finds a mentor and encounters his first mystery.

This was too much like an Alex Rider novel, perhaps deliberately. Although I like Alex Rider, Sherlock Holmes' adventures, even as (or especially as) a teenager, should be more cerebral and less violent.

There's an occasional good nugget, like when Sherlock develops the self-knowledge that he's not a good storyteller, and that he needs someone in his life to put his experiences in narrative form. Or the small fear that he enjoyed the experience of being drugged when kidnapped. But overall the mystery was predictable and the action ranged from extreme to ridiculous.

I enjoyed the beginning as young Holmes is attempting to solve the mystery he stumbles accross. The characters, Matty especially, were well explained. The end left several loose ends so I guess there will be more in the series. The confrontations with the evil Count were close to ridiculous.

Well read and Weyman kept me intereted

Bought on impluse to use during a long car trip. It was enjoyable but not great.

I was disappointed with this book. I was expecting something else I think. Perhaps getting more into the mind of the young Sherlock to explain why he thought the way he did and detailing his thought processes as he solved his first mystery.

Andrew Lane has launched a literary fictional giant from a solid foundation. This first novel has proven he has the quality of storytelling to place us inside the youthful mind of Sherlock Holmes. What is remarkable is that Lane avoids the temptation to make Sherlock older than he is, which is to say, while he remains heroically ingenious, he courts luck and shocks himself with his own perceptibility or lack thereof. Five stars to Mr. Weyman, who breathes life into Sherlock's tutor in a most respectable way. Please keep making audible recordings of the other books in the series.

Entertaining from start to finish. Narration was excellent and compelling story. Definitely going to read more from Andrew Lane.

The narrator of quite good.

When Sherlock first sees the Abino man.

The confrontation with the albino man.

Absolutely.

As an ardent Sherlock Holmes fan I wanted to love this book!! However, this is a "OK" listen. Maybe next time?

I enjoyed getting to know Sherlock Holmes before he became the adult version that knows everything

Very good. He kept you interested.

It was a thriller.

He did a good job with the characters voices.

In certain parts, you couldn't stop listening.

I thought this book did a good job of capturing the same feel of Doyle's character. It explained a few of his idiosyncrasies and beekeeping. The story was very good.

The paralyzed man's contraption for getting around was very "steam punk" and fitting with Holmes cases.

Definitely worth checking out if you're a diehard Holmes fan.